privacy policy
Last updated: 2026-10-27 · nom. is made by Danylo Hodlevskyi ("we").
The short version. Your food log stays on your iPhone. When you send a meal, its photo or text goes through our server to OpenAI so the app can tell what you ate; we don't keep it. There are no accounts, no ads and no tracking.
What stays on your phone
Everything you log — meals, photos, the chat with Bao, your daily energy goal — is stored only on your device, in the app's own storage. We can't see it. You can erase all of it at any time in the app under you → delete all my data, or by deleting the app.
What leaves your phone, and why
- The meal you send (a photo and/or the text you typed) is sent over an encrypted connection to our analysis server (hosted on Cloudflare), which forwards it to OpenAI to identify the food and estimate portions and nutrients. It's used only to answer that request. Our server doesn't store photos or text and doesn't log them. We send requests to OpenAI with storage turned off; OpenAI may keep API data for up to 30 days to detect abuse and does not use it to train its models (see OpenAI's API data policies).
- A random install ID. The app creates a random identifier when it's first used (kept in your device's Keychain). It's sent with each meal so our server can count how many free analyses you've used today. It isn't connected to your name, Apple ID or any other app.
- Your IP address is seen by our server and Cloudflare as part of any internet connection, and is used only to limit abuse (a daily count per network). We don't store it beyond that day's count.
We don't sell or share your data for advertising, we don't use analytics or advertising SDKs, and we don't track you across apps or websites. If you've chosen to share crash reports with developers in your iPhone settings, Apple may send us anonymous crash and performance data.
Health information
Food logs can be personal. nom. doesn't connect to Apple Health in this version. Nutrition numbers are estimates and are not medical advice.
Children
nom. isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.
Your rights
Because your log lives on your device, you control it directly: view, change or delete it in the app. We don't hold an account or a profile about you. If you have a question or a request — including under the GDPR or similar laws — contact us at nom@hodlapps.com.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date above and, for meaningful changes, tell you in the app.